279: 4 Ways To Make More Time For Yourself

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A recent conversation in our Shameless Mom #everydamnday Facebook group stopped me in my tracks. One Shameless Mom posted that she only got a couple hours of time to herself each month. And that her partner thought this was an appropriate amount of time – he didn’t see why she might need anymore. I found this disconcerting. But more disconcerting was the chorus of moms who commented saying they too didn’t get much if any, time to themselves on a regular basis. MAMAS. This is NOT ok. Time to yourself is essential. Time spent serving no one but you is crucial. Sacrificing regular time to yourself is sacrificing your true self and your basic need to cultivate your identity outside of the roles of mother and wife. Whether its taking a bath, going out with girlfriends, getting a massage, sitting alone reading in a coffee shop, going to book club, taking a photography class, joining a knitting circle – you need time just for you. And this time should not be a gift from your partner. This time should be a requirement of your relationship. In this episode, I dig into these 4 steps to getting more time in your life: Make it a requirement, not a reward Ask for support, not permission Work in small doses #everydamnday Opt out and unscheduled whenever possible Thank you to our sponsors: Homesick Candles: Save 10% off any order over $50 and get free shipping at Home Sick when you use the code SHAMELESS at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 279. Show notes for this episode, including all links
0:06.2	mentioned in the episode, as well as any discount codes from our sponsors, can be found by going
0:10.4	to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 279.
0:19.1	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day.
0:35.1	One of the best things about the Shameless Mom Academy is our community.
0:38.1	So be sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless
0:42.2	moms just like you.
0:43.8	You can find us over at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook.
0:48.3	All right.
0:48.9	Let's dive into today's episode.
0:50.5	Okay. today's episode.
1:04.1	Mamas. Before we get started today, I have two very important announcements.
1:08.9	So the first one, holy cow, we did it.
1:16.2	This week, this show will hit one million lifetime downloads. And I'm so excited and so grateful because this is just a little podcast that started out as a passion project
1:24.1	for me to just see if, I don't know, maybe I might like this. Let's just see what happens. Like it was literally just a little project for me to just see if I don't know, maybe I might like this. Let's just see what
1:28.2	happens. Like it was literally just a little project for me to get my toes wet doing something
1:33.3	different outside of running my gym a couple of years ago. And here we are about to hit one
1:38.8	million downloads in the next couple days. So I want you to celebrate with me over on Instagram. I'm going to be doing all sorts
1:46.1	of things to celebrate this week. There's going to be giveaways. It's going to be super fun,
1:50.0	really celebratory, and I want to make sure that you are a part of it. So if you like giveaways,
1:54.9	if you like gifts, if you like free stuff, head on over to Instagram at the Shamedless Mom
2:00.0	Academy so that you can participate
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